Content Management Matters ™

We don't usually talk about client wins for vendors -- unless they are huge. And this one is a big for Web Content Management Provider FatWire. FatWire has been recruited to power the world's largest military and veteran membership organization's website -- Military.com.

Content management ain't easy, but as our saying goes -- it matters. Fortunately, companies like FatWire Software are making it easier to manage and access content across the messy, complex environments we often have to deal with. They have recently announced the availability of their FatWire Content Integration Platform as well as the beta release of the EMC Documentum connector to enable customers to more effectively manage content across complex environments.

FatWire Software has been making waves in the Web Content Management world, and is now announcing that it's delivered its strongest year ever with record-breaking fourth quarter fiscal year 2007 results. FatWire has achieved an impressive 35 percent growth in total revenue for the quarter ending on December 31st 2007, driven by strong worldwide demand for its products and services -- and all this growth coming from what is already the largest privately held WCM provider in the business.

Back when cell phones were only phones and not mobile devices, many of us noticed that too many interfaces were poorly supported or not supported at all. Now with the advent of the iPhone and other savvy mobile devices, users are able to enjoy mobile-friendly interfaces and applications.

This concept is not lost on FatWire Software, a leading web content management provider. They recently announced that they will resell, service and support netomat, Inc.’s Mobility Server to complement FatWire's web content management and Web 2.0 collaboration solutions.

We briefly talked global expansion when we met with Yogesh Gupta, CEO of FatWire some time ago and he hinted that the market in the 'States was going to remain FatWire's priority for the time being'. Not least, he explained, because there were just as many bad Web solutions at home as abroad.

But it looks like he was blind-siding us, because all of FatWire's big moves lately have been on the global stage.

The ink is barely dry on the cheque, but already Fatwire's takeover of Infostoria is reaping tangible reward.

The Web CMS developer has plundered the Infostoria locker in double-quick time, and the result is Fatwire TeamUp, a spanking new collaboration platform that ticks all the right Enterprise 2.0 boxes.

Understanding that a vendor has to do more than just label its WCM solution industry-leading, FatWire goes the acquisition route and adds the extensive Web 2.0 capabilities of the relativelly obscure Infostoria.

We're at the end of the Web Content conference path. At the end of the long trip we find Kamal Kapur, Director of Product Development for FatWire Software.

At the risk of obsolescence, your website must cater to the individual. Remaining relevant is crucial to an online experience. What is relevancy? Kapur describes relevancy as factors that affect the outcome of a user engagement, such as accuracy, ease, correlation of user path.

These days, in the age of information and paper overload, any time someone can make something easier, faster and more efficient, I am all ears. Seriously. And today the folks at FatWire have my complete attention.

They have just announced the general availability of their latest Web Content Management platform, FatWire Content Server 7. So what's the big deal? The firm's newest release has jumped on the Web 2.0 bandwagon, vowing to make it easier for everyone to navigate, organize and socially contribute web content. That's a party line we can get behind.

Though home to many vendors, the European CMS marketplace is in many ways still up for grabs.

And if you EU types would care to see some of these vendors go several rounds in the ring. Get on over to Denmark for the 2nd International Content Management Forum (cmf2006). The Danish CM event kicks-off Nov. 7th and runs through the 9th.